WiSioux Posted December 17, 2005 Posted December 17, 2005 The next time, if there is a next time, University of Wisconsin men's hockey coach Mike Eaves will not make the same scheduling mistake. The looming holiday break means final semester exams. Eaves had individual meetings with his players this week and came away "amazed" at the academic workloads they were carrying. One veteran, senior winger Nick Licari, didn't play this night due to a high volume of schoolwork. "I don't know that I'd ever do this again in terms of scheduling," Eaves said of the exhibition, played before an announced crowd of 11,733. "One of the last things on their mind was playing hockey." http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/sports/ind...d=65539&ntpid=3 We played the Gophers right before our finals week... does that mean we can use finals as an excuse too?!? They seriously almost lost to high schools... maybe they aren't as high and mighty as everyone seems to think they are. And sorry... I realize this isn't all that Sioux related. Quote
Air Force One Posted December 17, 2005 Posted December 17, 2005 Imagine that, college hockey players with homework and studying to do! What a concept Coach! Quote
Sioux-cia Posted December 17, 2005 Posted December 17, 2005 I'm happy to read that some athleles (even WiBads) care about their education. Not everyone makes the NHL. AND I'm extemely proud of the UND Fighting Sioux athletes who consistently excel in academics as well in sport. (there WiSioux, it's officially a Sioux topic) Quote
WPoS Posted December 17, 2005 Posted December 17, 2005 not to be COMPLETELY cynical, but you think this might be more of an excuse than anything? So and so isn't playing to night because of coursework, yah, rriiiIIiiiight, more like it was a bunch of 18 and younger kids so coach played a bunch of the low guys and is making excuses...sadly, I don't think many college atheletes REALLY care THAT much about their grades as long as they can keep playing... WPoS Quote
Sioux-cia Posted December 17, 2005 Posted December 17, 2005 (edited) Well Slappy, the big deal for me was the 'amazement' that the Coach voiced when he learned that his players actually had college courses which required studying and finals. He's not coaching in the NHL, he's a college coach. Edited December 17, 2005 by Sioux-cia Quote
Sioux-cia Posted December 17, 2005 Posted December 17, 2005 Well Slappy, the big deal for me was the 'amazement' that the Coach voiced when he learned that his players actually had college courses which required studying and finals. He's not coaching in the NHL, he's a college coach. Slappy? Where'd you go? I must be psychic. I know you were asking 'what's the big deal, etc'. Cool, now I can go on cable. Quote
Let'sGoHawks! Posted December 17, 2005 Posted December 17, 2005 I'm not going to say anything about UW til we beat them. Quote
Runninwiththedogs Posted December 17, 2005 Posted December 17, 2005 not to be COMPLETELY cynical, but you think this might be more of an excuse than anything? So and so isn't playing to night because of coursework, yah, rriiiIIiiiight, more like it was a bunch of 18 and younger kids so coach played a bunch of the low guys and is making excuses...sadly, I don't think many college atheletes REALLY care THAT much about their grades as long as they can keep playing... WPoS Maybe he was in danger of becoming academically ineligible? Quote
Slap Shot Posted December 17, 2005 Posted December 17, 2005 Well Slappy, the big deal for me was the 'amazement' that the Coach voiced when he learned that his players actually had college courses which required studying and finals. He's not coaching in the NHL, he's a college coach. I don't think he said that he was surprised that they had college courses, but rather the amount of time required to study this time of year. Of course if you can't beat them (on the ice that is).... Quote
siouxnami Posted December 18, 2005 Posted December 18, 2005 Who cares. Exhibition games are where you play the guys who don't get much playing time. Quote
Stiouxy Posted December 19, 2005 Posted December 19, 2005 I'm not going to say anything about UW til we beat them. True... Quote
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